Quotes about Jealousy
My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
- Psalm 41:5
For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Psalm 73:3
They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
- Psalm 78:58
How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
- Psalm 79:5
In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
- Psalm 106:16
For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
- Proverbs 6:34
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
- Proverbs 14:30
Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
- Proverbs 27:4
I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 4:4
Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
- Song of Solomon 8:6
Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim.
- Isaiah 11:13
They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.
- Jeremiah 5:8